I like the concept, though I haven't looked into the 4 points you laid out.
I like the concept of the prefix you mentioned in the widget thread also -
I'd love to see template packs as third party libraries that easily slot in
(per form I think is crucial).
I'm unsure of the proposed properties
Hi Tim
The implementation can be extremely simple as most of the heavy lifting has
already been done for widget templates. The only new parts are:
1. BaseForm.get_context
2. The templates to implement as_table, as_ul and as_p
3. A little bit of glue (render etc, pretty much the same as
There's an old accepted ticket for it:
https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/16922. Reviewing the past discussion
may help you refine your proposal.
On Friday, February 3, 2017 at 6:01:11 AM UTC-5, Gert Steyn wrote:
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> Hi All
>
> Is anybody against using the new renderers (used to render widget
Hi All
Is anybody against using the new renderers (used to render widgets) to also
render the form?
I suggest something like:
class BaseForm(object):
template_prefix = ''
template_name = 'django/forms/form_as_table.html'
def render(self, template_name=None):
template_name =
